Coal City defeats Wilmington to stay undefeated

In boys basketball action over the weekend, Coal City defeated Wilmington, 52-39, in Interstate Eight Conference action to stay undefeated at 4-0.

“It was nice to start the conference season off with a win. We had moments when we executed well and other times we were sluggish,” Coal City coach Brad Boresi said. “I thought the Wilmington kids played extremely hard.”

Nick Peters had a double-double for the Coalers by getting 16 points and pulling in 14 rebounds. He also had seven assists. Brennen Shetina added 16 points and six assists.

Seneca 45,

Dwight 42

In a game held at the United Center in Chicago, the Fighting Irish came away with the Interstate Eight Conference victory.

“It was a really great experience for the kids,” Seneca coach Russell Witte said. “We had a hard time shooting the ball, but made plays down the stretch.”

Alex Bott had 14 points in the win for Seneca and Conlan Callahan added 13 points.

Seneca 57,

Peotone 39

Carter Gallick had 14 points in the win to lead the Fighting Irish while Austin Applebee added 11 points.

“It was a great overall effort tonight against a big Peotone team on the road,” Witte said. “Everyone contributed as we controlled the tempo and boards for the most part of the game. The defensive intensity was also great.”

Ten different players scored for the Irish on the night.

Dwight 60,

Manteno 37

Caleb Boma had 12 points in the win by the Trojans.

Reed-Custer 101,

Westmont 95

Led by Brett Headrick’s 32 points, the Comets got past the Sentinels.

Also for R-C, Mason Dransfeldt had 19 points and Zach Zoltani and Travis Schoonover had 10 points each.

Families of Faith 57,

Romeoville Christian 39

Josiah Blan had 16 points from the locals while Vincent Dorantes had 14 points and Brandon Cline 13 points in the win.

Mallory Misener had 12 points for the Lady Irish while Danielle Hauch and Jacey Lamboley had eight points each.

Newark 46,

Somonauk 19

Alexa Myre had 10 points and Rachel Lape and Lexi Zaznanski eight points each in the win.

“It was a good way to start our conference schedule,” Newark coach Brian Holman said. “Rachel, Lexi and Alexa extended the defense and we did a good job working it inside after that. Overall it was a good team win.”

Families of Faith 27,

Westlake Christian 24

For FoFCA, Alli Willis had 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead the way.

WRESTLING

Seneca 45,

Beardstown 29

Getting wins for the Fighting Irish was: Tyler Draine at 106 pounds by fall in 4:19; Tyler Williams at 113 pounds by forfeit; Sage Friese at 138 pounds by a 15-10 score; Vryce Coyle at 160 pounds by fall in 1:23; Zach Russell at 170 pounds by fall in 3:04; Dayton Coyle at 182 pounds by fall in 51 seconds; Tommy Lovett at 195 pounds by fall in 25 seconds and Wyatt Rodriguez at 220 by forfeit.

Coal City 46,

Riverton 30

Wins from the Coalers came from: Joey Rivera at 106 pounds by fall in 1:21; Cody Minnick at 120 pounds by fall in 1:16; Casey Brown at 132 pounds by forfeit; Nate Buck at 138 pounds by forfeit; Jonah Englert at 145 pounds by 12-2 major decision; Riley Kauzlaric at 182 pounds by fall in 11 seconds and Jake Frost at 195 pounds by fall in 44 pounds.

Coal City 39,

Grant Park 30

Wins from the Coalers came from: Rivera at 106 by forfeit; Minnick at 120 pounds by fall in 1:15; Brown at 132 pounds by fall in 57 seconds; Buck at 138 pounds by fall in 1:11; Noel Gomez at 152 pounds by an 8-6 decision in overtime; Frost at 195 pounds by fall in 1:13 and Gagnon at 220 pounds by forfeit.

Argenta-Oreana 52,

Coal City 30

Wins from the Coalers came from: Rivera at 106 by fall in 1:12; Minnick at 120 pounds by fall in 2:53; Casey Brown at 132 pounds by fall in 3:13; Riley Kauzlaric at 182 pounds by fall in 1:40 and Frost at 195 pounds by fall at 59 seconds.

Prairie Central 42,

Coal City 30

Wins from the Coalers came from: Rivera at 113 pounds by fall in 19 seconds; Minnick at 120 pounds by forfeit; Brown at 132 pounds by forfeit; Kauzlaric at 182 pounds by forfeit and Frost at 195 pounds by injury default.

Clifton Central 51,

Coal City 25

Wins from the Coalers came from: Rivera at 106 pounds by fall in 1:12; Minnick at 120 pounds by fall in 3:09; Brown at 138 pounds by 8-3 decision; Buck at 145 pounds by 11-1 major decision and Kauzlaric at 182 pounds by fall in 1:29.

Coal City 59,

Illiana Christian 18

Wins from the Coalers came from: Rivera at 113 pounds by fall in 55 seconds; Minnick at 120 pounds by fall in 1:46; Matt Girot at 126 pounds by fall in 1:55; Brown at 138 pounds by fall in 1:41; Buck at 145 pounds by forfeit; Gomez at 152 pounds by fall in 1:49; Brock Crawford at 160 pounds by fall in 2:09; Kauzlaric at 182 pounds by fall in :45; Frost at 195 pounds by 15-3 major decision and Dakota Gagnon at 220 pounds by forfeit.

BOYS BOWLING

Minooka fourth at Oswego East Invitational

The Indians scored 5,897 pins to finish fourth at the event behind Plainfield North (6,041), Lyons (6,004) and Oswego (5,952).

Freshman Kaie Devine led Minooka with a series score of 1,264 while teammate John Kaufman was right behind him at 1,260.